The Purfina Refinery: History, Urban Development, and Memory of Rome The history of the refinery known first as Permolio and later as Purfina is an emblematic chapter in the industrialization, urban development, and social controversies that characterized post-war Rome. Originally established in 1926 near the via Portuense, in the area known as Pozzo Pantaleo and […]
Via Campana
Via Campana: History, Archaeology, and Function Via Campana, one of Rome’s ancient roads, plays a considerable role in the city’s economic and religious history. Its importance is closely linked to the salt trade (sal): it is named after the Campus Salinarum Romanum (Roman salt pan), the area of the ancient salt pans located at the […]
La raffineria Purfina
English La raffineria Purfina: storia, sviluppo urbano e memoria di Roma La storia della raffineria conosciuta prima come Permolio e poi come Purfina è un capitolo emblematico dell’industrializzazione, dello sviluppo urbano e delle controversie sociali che hanno caratterizzato la Roma del Dopoguerra. Installata originariamente nel 1926 a ridosso della Via Portuense, nella zona nota come […]
L’alaggio
English La tecnica dell’alaggio: storia e significato archeologico L’alaggio (da traho, trahere, tirare) è stata una tecnica di navigazione fluviale di fondamentale importanza nell’antichità, essenziale per il trasporto di merci laddove la corrente impediva o rallentava fortemente la risalita delle imbarcazioni a vela o a remi. La sua rilevanza storica si manifesta pienamente nell’archeologia delle […]
La Via Campana
English La Via Campana: Storia, Archeologia e funzione La Via Campana, una delle antiche arterie stradali di Roma, riveste un ruolo fondamentale nella storia economica e religiosa della città. La sua importanza è strettamente legata al commercio del sale (sal), tanto che il suo nome deriva dal Campus Salinarum Romanum, l’area delle antiche saline situate […]
Temple of Fors Fortuna
The first house of worship in the area of modern Magliana Vecchia is a temple founded in 293 BC by the consul Carvilius with part of the spoils from the victorious war against the Etruscans and Samnites. This temple was dedicated to Fors Fortuna (Good Luck), whose festival was celebrated on June 24th with a […]
Catacomb of Generosa
From the beginning of the 4th century for about 80 years, the pagan worship of the goddess Dia and the Christian one of the Portuensian Martyrs coexisted, with the temple of the goddess Dia at a very short distance from the Catacomb of Generosa. Possibly the latter prevailed over the former, anyway without completely replacing […]
The Tetrastylum
The Tetrastylum (building with 4 pillars in Greek language) was one of the buildings forming the complex of the Arval sanctuary, today located at Magliana Vecchia, at the foot of the sacred grove of the goddess Dia. Unfortunately, it was not identified during the excavation campaigns held by the École française de Rome in 1975 […]
The Caesareum
The Caesareum or aedes Divum (Temple of the Divine Caesars) was part of the complex of the Arval sanctuary today located at Magliana Vecchia, at the foot of the sacred grove of the goddess Dia. It was a minor temple where deceased and deified emperors (Divi) were worshipped: the Arvals immolated animal victims in their […]
The Arvals
The Fratres Arvales, or Arval Brothers or Brethren, in the Roman world were the priests who supervised the worship of the goddess Dia, the “luminous” goddess who protected the final maturation of cereals (fruges) with her beneficial light. The goddess Dia was later also identified with the Ceres. The Arval priests were 12 high-ranking senators […]